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Calculating Power in Parallel Loads
S1 = 8,000 –j6,000 VA
ECE 201 Circuit Theory 1 3
Power Triangle for Load 2
20 kVA at a lagging power factor of 0.6.
S2 = 12,000 +j16,000 VA
I S 80 j 40 89.44 A
Pline I S R
2
1
XC
C
1 1
C
X C (2 )(60)( 6.25)
C 424.4 F
(c) is the “corrected” power triangle (for a power factor equal to 1).
ECE 201 Circuit Theory 1 11
Once the power factor has been corrected,
S P 20kVA
20,000
IS 80 A
250
Pline I S R (80) 2 (0.05) 320W
2